CHAPTER 2

Mara and Zed were still staring at the garage. "I can't believe we just lost our jobs!" Mara cried in disbelief.

Zed was shocked as well. "And our homes, too! Maybe standing up for the Renegade was a bad idea." he added.

"No, Zed." A voice behind the group answered. "You made the right decision – all of you did. Besides, I don't think any of you would want to be working for Pavel anyways."

Zed, Mara and the entire group turned around. Two programs were emerging from the shadows. The first program was tall, wearing an all-black suit. The second program was… the Renegade.

Everyone gasped. "Tron?" Mara breathed. "Is that you?"

Behind his mask, Beck smiled to himself. "Not quite, Mara," he answered. "I'm Tron's successor, also known as the next Tron, or by most of you programs, as the Renegade."

Tron also stepped forward. "I'm a friend of the Renegade. We met back when General Tesler first took over Argon City, back when the Renegade –"

"First showed up in Argon!" exclaimed a program named Link.

"That's right," the Renegade replied. "Ever since I arrived in Argon, I've been fighting the Occupation – fighting for what Tron originally fought for before Clu took over The Grid."

Zed raised his hand. "What were you fighting for?" he asked.

Before the Renegade could answer, Tron, still in his all-black suit disguise, stepped forward. "We shouldn't tell you programs about the Renegade's plans here. The Occupation is all over Argon. We'll talk later. Right now, we need to move."

"But what about our stuff?" asked Link. "Our bikes and things are still in the garage – and so are Pavel and his soldiers."

"Leave Pavel to us," the Renegade answered. He pulled out some shock bombs that he had stolen from the soldiers he knocked out earlier. He then handed a few of them to his black-suited friend. "Wait here until we come back." With that, the Renegade walked into the Garage, drawing his disc. The tall black-suited program followed, also drawing his disc.

So Beck's fellow mechanics need to get their stuff out of the garage. But Pavel is still inside! Can the Renegade and his partner (Tron) take them down?